Tag: essays
All the articles with the tag "essays".
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On being broken, rehab and recovery
WordPressBefore I begin, let me preface that I am not a medical professional and hold no qualifications or certifications (even meaningless ones where you pa
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Coming Home: World’s Toughest Mudder 2014
WordPressThere are times in life when things just feel right. When you know you are where you are supposed to be. And as soon as I pulled up to the site of W
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The Way Back
WordPressIt’s been a hibernation kind of winter here in Chicago. And for most of it, I’ve buried my head in the sand. Thrown myself into work (lawyering like
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Injured Reserve
WordPressI hate it when cliches are true: one moment, you feel like you are on top of the world, and the next – things coming crashing down. And you sit and
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One Year Later: Spartan Race Championships
WordPressIf there is one thing I learned from the Reebok Spartan Race World Championships this past weekend, it’s that you can EASILY get rope burn through c
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The Push for Legitimacy
WordPressAt my grandma’s 90th birthday party following the Pacific Northwest Spartan Sprint, I found myself in a conversation with a family friend, who I had
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2013 Summer Death Race By the Numbers
WordPressParticipants registered: 390 Participants that started the race: 206 Finishers: 41 Finishers that received all 8 chips as of 6am Monday morning (“fi
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World’s Toughest Mudder 2013: and it won’t change a thing?
WordPressWorld’s Toughest Mudder registration went live two weeks ago, and judging from the Facebook and social media reaction, you would have thought TMHQ h
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The Trouble with Chicking
WordPressAs I passed a group of guys at the sandbag carry during the Indiana Spartan Sprint this past weekend, I heard “Are you kidding? She’s passing us. A
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Meels on Wheels
WordPressDuring P.E. class in fifth grade, we timed our 100m dash in the parking lot of good ol’ Palisades School. I finished last in my class of 30. Dead la
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Walking a Tightrope
WordPressA conversation that happened with a couple in my apartment building the other day: Man: “Excuse me, but I have to ask, are you a trainer? My wife an
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Coming Back as a Veteran
WordPressThe racing season hasn’t exactly started off with a bang. After missing the Spartan SoCal due to weather and air traffic control (thanks Philly!), I
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A Racing Year in Review: The Tippity Top
WordPressSo the world didn’t end today, though judging by the looks of the weather outside here in Chicago, it may still choose to do so. I guess that means
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WTM Commandments Revisited: One Year Later
WordPressYou all can blame WTM 2011 for me entering into the blogosphere. It’s because of that race that you feel obliged to read my unimportant and trivial
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Day After World’s Toughest Mudder Hangover
WordPressNo, not like booze hangover. I wish. Back to work, back to the grind, and thanking the higher powers I’m a desk jockey. Sitting is the only thing th
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The Gearwhore Edition: Cold-Weather Racing
WordPressIt’s that time of year again. The time when I dig out my boxed up hats, gloves, snow boots, and full-length down coat. The time when I mournfully pu
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The Trouble with R&R
WordPressIt’s “Active Recovery Week” here at my Crossfit box, and I am irrationally angry about it. All I want to do is throw heavy shit around. I wake up cr
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Spartan Ultrabeast: The Happiest Place on Earth
WordPressThe winners have been declared, the legs have become mobil-ish again, and the bruises and scrapes have begun to heal. And all I can think is “Woo, l
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UltraBeast Eve Eve Non-Sequiturs
WordPressAs I sit in an Epsom salt bath, the random musings of a brain on overdrive: Grape Pedialyte is the bomb. Ironic that this is my first “real” Spartan
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How far we’ve come
WordPressI’m not big on anniversaries. They always seem to forced, so artificial, to me. Then again, I’m also a sentimental person. I enjoy milestones. I enj